A loving and thought-provoking tribute to Jonathan Aitken by the daughter who only found out he was her father when she was 18. If my father, the Reverend Jonathan Aitken, could give an Easter morning sermon it would be a powerful message of hope and of brighter days ahead, assuring us that we will be … Read more
The families of 9/11 victims are asking President Joe Biden’s administration to release classified documents about the Saudi role in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The request piggybacked on the government’s decision to release an intelligence report Friday that said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. … Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration will name Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the man who approved the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi when it releases an intelligence report on the journalist’s murder. Four U.S. officials told Reuters the forthcoming declassified U.S. intelligence report – to which the CIA was the main contributor – assesses that … Read more
Saudi official threatened Jamal Khashoggi and his children before the journalist was brutally murdered by people close to Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish court hears Longtime friend of Khashoggi said the slain journalist felt threatened ‘Jamal said he had been threatened by Qahtani and his family,’ he told the court Main court in Istanbul held a … Read more
Saudi Arabia convicts eight people of killing Jamal Khashoggi and jails them for up to 20 years By Sophie Tanno For Mailonline Published: 14:27 BST, 7 September 2020 | Updated: 14:41 BST, 7 September 2020 Saudi Arabia has convicted eight people of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and has given them jail sentences of up to … Read more
A Saudi embassy worker has told the Khashoggi murder trial that he saw many ‘skewers of meat’ and was told by ‘panicked’ staff to light the oven on the day the journalist was killed. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, told the court today he had been called to the consul’s … Read more
Donald Trump defended Saudi’s Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to keep the spotlight off revelation Ivanka was using private email account, John Bolton claims President Trump backed Saudi’s Crown Prince in the aftermath of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to distract reporters from covering Ivanka Trump Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s … Read more
Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have forgiven his killers Khashoggi was hacked to pieces inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 Washington Post journalist had been critical of Crown Prince of the Kingdom CIA said it believed Mohammed bin Salman ordered his death Tonight, in the spirit of Ramadan, Khashoggi’s sons … Read more
Sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi reveal they have granted clemency to his killers By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp Published: 01:43 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 01:51 BST, 22 May 2020 The sons of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Friday that they ‘forgive’ the killers of their father. ‘We the sons … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE KILLING IN THE CONSULATE by Jonathan Rugman (Simon & Schuster £20, 368pp) The ripples from the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi just over a year ago never cease — and nor should they, given what an appalling affront to humanity and to press freedom his brutal killing was. The … Read more